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US President Joe Biden has been asked at a media conference how he knows Israel was not behind the deadly explosion at the Gaza hospital earlier today.

Biden said he based his conclusion on "the data I was shown by my Defence Department".

In a separate statement, the US president said he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "tough questions" during their meeting in Tel Aviv. 

"I asked tough questions as a friend of Israel. We will continue to deter any actor wanting to widen this conflict," he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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At least 3,478 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry has said in a statement.

More than 12,000 others have been injured, the statement said.

Ashraf Al-Qidra, a Gaza health ministry spokesperson, said 471 people had been killed in the al-Ahli hospital explosion alone. 

The spokesperson said this "massacre" had also injured 314 people. 

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The US Treasury says it has issued new sanctions aimed at disrupting the Hamas militant group's funding, citing "a secret investment portfolio".

The sanctions target 10 Hamas members, operatives and financial facilitators in Gaza and elsewhere, including Sudan, Türkiye, Algeria and Qatar, the department said.

"The United States is taking swift and decisive action to target Hamas’s financiers and facilitators following its brutal and unconscionable massacre of Israeli civilians, including children," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

"We will continue to take all steps necessary to deny Hamas terrorists the ability to raise and use funds to carry out atrocities and terrorize the people of Israel."

The sanctions have been imposed under a terrorism-related executive order.

"In addition to the funds Hamas receives from Iran, its global portfolio of investments generates vast sums of revenue through its assets, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars," the US Treasury said in a statement.

Six of the people sanctioned are said to be associated with this "secret investment portfolio". 

The department has also taken aim at a Gaza-based virtual currency exchange, alongside its operator. 

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Reporting by Courtney Barrett Peters

David is a chef and had left Melbourne with wife Shira, and their two young children, on a kosher cooking world tour when their trip was cut short in Israel.

The family weren't able to leave on the first repatriation flight out of Tel Aviv as they were observing the Sabbath.

When another flight became available they signed up for the sake of their children, but left with a "really heavy heart". 

Tonight they arrived at Sydney Airport.

David told the ABC he felt obliged to help in any way he could after Hamas's attack in Israel.

"They advertised for people to come two o'clock in the morning to dig graves, so I went to help out," he said.

"There was a lot of people helping from lots of various backgrounds.

"The kind of unity that I observed numbed my feeling of sadness. I was taken away by the feeling of solidarity."

He also went to the army base and cooked a barbecue for the soldiers, and shared his story.

"In Australia, in the country where I live, they are praying for you, they are thinking of you," he said.

"I felt bad that we couldn't have done more, but everyone was telling us 'you should go'."

As we reported earlier, US President Joe Biden has backed Israel's account of the Gaza hospital blast. 

He was speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Tel Aviv when he said the following:

"Based on what I've seen, it appears  as though it was done by the other team — not you."

You can watch the moment here:

Türkiye is in talks with the militant group Hamas to secure the release of hostages it seized in Israel over a week ago. 

But there "is nothing concrete" for now, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was cited as saying by the country's state media.

Fidan said Ankara was discussing the release of foreigners, civilians, and children held by Hamas, adding "many countries" had asked forTürkiye's help in facilitating the release of their citizens.

"Talks, work on the prisoner swap continue," he said.

"There are talks and meetings held through intelligence units, but, in the heat of the first days, it was not possible to create a framework for this," Fidan said, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Officials say Hamas is holding nearly 200 hostages in Gaza.

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British intelligence services are analysing evidence to independently establish the facts about the deadly Gaza hospital blast, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says. 

"We should not rush to judgements before we have all the facts," Sunak told lawmakers.

"Our intelligence services have been rapidly analysing the evidence to independently establish the facts. We are not in a position at this point to say more than that." 

Meanwhile, British Foreign Minister James Cleverly is expected to travel to the Middle East soon. 

The trip will include visits to Egypt and possibly Qatar and Turkey, a British source told Reuters. 

Cleverly is due to discuss the opening of a border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid in and citizens to leave, the source said.

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Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn is in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, where the streets have been flooded with thousands of protesters taking part in a "National Day of Rage". 

Nearly all shops across Ramallah have been closed today as the city goes on strike, for people to protest against the Israeli killing of Palestinians in Gaza. 

People here are angry. They are shouting and calling on other Arab nations to join in the war between Israel and Hamas. 

Protests like these are being held all across the West Bank.

Reporting by Courtney Barrett Peters

Yosi, Carlie and their two daughters were among the Australians that arrived at Sydney Airport tonight from London in the second government assisted flight out of Israel.

The family were living in Haifa, north of Israel, and while they were sad to leave, knew it was time.

"It feels great to be home, it feels safe. We had to leave, we were scared for our safety," Yosi said.

"It feels well to leave when we did."

The family will spend tonight in a hotel in Sydney before reuniting with family on the NSW north coast.

Carlie was emotional as she thanked the Australian government for their assistance.

"The Australian government were amazing, just amazing all of them," she said.

"I can't talk anymore."

Yosi added: "It was a huge surprise how they treated us."